Nationwide mail surveys implemented in November 2004 report New Zealand residents‟ willingness to pay for improvement … in ecosystem services and support for organic farming on arable land. The surveys were split into two subsets: Canterbury …, which is the region with most arable farming in the nation, and the other New Zealand regions. Analysis of the data reveals …

Stated preference approaches are widely used in non-market valuation. However, their potential uses extend far beyond … valuation. In particular they can be used to assess efficiency of resource allocations and to design optimal resource … gains from reallocation of the budget to items with higher marginal utility. In particular, New Zealand residents want more …

Stated preference approaches are widely used in non-market valuation. However, their potential uses extend far beyond … valuation. In particular they can be used to assess efficiency of resource allocations and to design optimal resource … gains from reallocation of the budget to items with higher marginal utility. In particular, New Zealand residents want more …

fresh water case study was included in the 2010 postal survey and in an electronic survey. Desirable futures for New Zealand …

There is an increasing demand for water resources in the Canterbury region. The impact of this demand has lead to … unacceptable minimum river flows, which has resulted in adverse affects to river ecology. In an effort to resolve this problem … water storage projects have gained considerable attention. However, in order to consider all values of the impact of water …

The study examines the importance of community forest resources for income and employment in rural areas of Nepal by … studying the effect of current forestry policy on forestland use. Using data from 259 households in six community forest user … groups in three hilly districts (Dolakha, Kavre and Nuwakot), the results show that the resources available from private …

Conservation of species is challenging, and there is continuing interest in finding more effective means to achieve … conservation goals. State provision of conservation occurs in many countries, alongside a growing range of alternative providers …-effectiveness of multiple-species projects in regard to the conservation of threatened and endangered species using a cost …

Common forests in developing countries are valuable sources of raw material supplies, employment and income generation … conservation-oriented community forest policies in Nepal on three household income groups. The results show that current community … production, result in a large reduction in employment and income of the poorest households and largely explain the recent …

portion of humanity's economic well being is unaccounted for in conventional GNP accounting (Constanza et al., 1997). To … thus an important one because in the 21st century, many of our homes, workplaces and recreational spaces are embedded … current paper examines issues in valuation of ecosystem goods and services derived from land used for arable farming in New …

MoRST is performing an evaluation of the funds invested in environmental research. The two case studies discussed in … this paper contribute to the ongoing decision-making about this investment. Substantial funds have been invested in both …